Quirk Family Information, Sauk Co., Wisconsin Contributed to USGenWeb Archives by Darrell L. Pec darpeck@juno.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material.These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Sauk County, WI QUIRK Family Information Generation 1: James QUIRK and his wife, Bridget, were born in Ireland (probably Tipperary where the family name originated). They came to Sauk Co. in the mid-1800s, probably through Canada. They had at least one child, Bernard QUIRK. Generation 2: Bernard QUIRK was born in Ireland March 28, 1834, and came to the Sauk Co. with his parents in the mid-1800s. On December 29, 1862, he married Helen (or Ellen) JOHNSON at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Sauk City. She was born in Sumpter on June 16, 1842, the daughter of Matthew and Mary JOHNSON. Bernard and Helen had several children (see below). At various times they owned farms in Spring Green, Franklin and Honey Creek. Helen died in Franklin on April 7, 1883. Bernard married Hannah GLENNON in Sauk Co. on September 12, 1887. Bernard died February 23, 1912, at the home of his daughter, Sarah Jane, in Mauston, Juneau Co. Generation 3: Bernard and Helen Johnson had at least the following children: John James QUIRK, born April 8, 1864, in Grand Rapids, WI. * Died June 7, 1891, in Plain, buried at St. Luke's Church, Plain. William Bernard QUIRK, born October 11, 1862, in Sauk Co. Sarah Jane QUIRK, born April 16, 1876, in Spring Green. Baptized April 23, 1876, at St. Luke's Church, Plain. Married Fred Peck on April 18, 1900, in Mauston, Juneau Co. Died June 24, 1912, in Mauston, Juneau Co. Bridget QUIRK, born April 16, 1876, in Spring Green. Baptized April 23, 1876, at St. Luke's Church, Plain. Died September 27, 1878, buried at St. Luke's Church, Plain. Thomas Joseph QUIRK, born September 1, 1879, in Sauk Co. Henry Arthur QUIRK, born December 7, 1881, in Sauk Co. * I'm not sure Grand Rapids, WI, is in Sauk Co. Can't find it on any map. Do you know where it is? If this information is useful, please let me know. I have info on the Peck family in Juneau Co. that I can also send. My e-mail address is darpeck@juno.com. Darrell Peck ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Received: from mrin83.mail.aol.com (mrin83.mail.aol.com [152.163.116.121]) by air08.mail.aol.com (v34) with SMTP; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 21:14:54 2000 Received: from x14.boston.juno.com (x14.boston.juno.com [205.231.101.27]) by mrin83.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA26838 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 21:14:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from darpeck@juno.com) by x14.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id VpY07707; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 21:14:19 EDT To: saunderal@aol.com Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 21:15:41 -0400 Subject: Sauk County Message-ID: <19971018.211542.13542.1.darpeck@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 1.38 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,4-5,9-10,19-20,22-24,26-31,33-37,39-44,46-47,50-52 From: darpeck@juno.com (Darrell L Peck)